benny profane wrote:hey cairns, this looks great!i much prefer the changes you made for version 7.

i only have one suggestion:the color bars you use to represent the long distance lines in the legend are a great idea.and while i know that space is very tight, is there any way you might be able to make them a *tiny* bit thicker?it hurts the eyes a bit trying to distinguish them.not a major problem, and if there isn't room, it's understandable.otherwise, i agree that this should be moved to the foundry.

Thanks Benny....I'll see what i can do with this to give it more real estate.

Just so you know, this and Rail Europe would be great to have finished soon. I'm using Rail USA in a tournament and I may use these in a couple sequels I have planned. Keep these up. (I personally like them better than some of the other more "complicated" ones.)

Night Strike wrote:Just so you know, this and Rail Europe would be great to have finished soon. I'm using Rail USA in a tournament and I may use these in a couple sequels I have planned. Keep these up. (I personally like them better than some of the other more "complicated" ones.)

Thanks Night Strike....i can't push the foundry process for this map.
I'm working on rails for Rail Europe, and also making changes on this map to get it into the Foundry....so it may be sometime (at least another month or so) before these get quenched.

Why don't you wait until the whole series (Asia and South America) are completed (hopefully be the end of this year)?

Night Strike wrote:Because the tournament just includes these, they aren't featured. They're trips through the various continents. The current one is Amazing Race: USA.

Understand

On topic, I'm kinda confused on the Long Distance Bonuses. Are those labeled by the attack lines that actually have railroads??

the long distance trains simply are extra bonuses on top of what you get if you hold the state based continents....this map is more like the traditional classic format.
the long distance trains...if you hold all the stations on those routes you get that bonus.
so for the overlander...you'd have to hold ADL+BDT+MEL...you'd get an extra (1) bonus.
mind you these bonuses are not yet finalised, but in gameplay, they could be used to gain extra to get the state bonus.

1. Did you mean to skip some stations along the way?? (i.e. Overlander has BDT in the middle, but it's not listed) Does that mean you don't have to own those stations?? Basically, it's vague.

2. I don't think they're represented very well at the moment. The key colors are much brighter than the actual lines, and it gets tedious to read through exactly which station is included in each bonus.

From coast to coast by night and day, hear the clickin' of the wheelsThe hummin' of the diesel, of her ribbons of steelCarryin' the memories of a nation built by handSee the Indian Pacific span the land

She's the pride of all the railway men 'cross country where she fliesFrom blue Pacific waters to where the mountains riseBy lakes and wide brown rivers, through desert country drySee the Indian Pacific passin' by

Oh the Indian Pacific she goes rollin' down the trackFive thousand miles to travel before she's there and backBeside the line, a drover waves his battered old grey hatAnd kids are catchin' yabbies down by the river flatAnd a woman hangs her washing in a backyard near the lineAs the Indian Pacific's rollin' by

Hear the whistle blowin' lonely 'neath the Nullabor star lightSaluting those who walk across the track she romps tonightCallin' to the railway camp and the fitters on the lineI'm the Indian Pacific, right on time

From the silver of the Broken Hill to old Kalgoorlie goldShe mirrors all the colours of the land so hot and oldThen the western clouds are blooming and the air is just like wineAnd the Indian Pacific's makin' time

Oh the Indian Pacific she goes rollin' down the trackFive thousand miles to travel before she's there and backFrom the waters of the western sea to the eastern ocean sandThe Indian Pacific spans the landOh the Indian Pacific spans the land

As I said in qwert's topic. I can't see photobucket at my present location, the only thing I know for sure I can see is imageshack.us images. So while I suspect this is moveable, I need to wait tell I have time at a photobucket friendly location.

Coleman wrote:As I said in qwert's topic. I can't see photobucket at my present location, the only thing I know for sure I can see is imageshack.us images. So while I suspect this is moveable, I need to wait tell I have time at a photobucket friendly location.

Change the sleeper spacings or colours for different long-distance. Currently it looks like the indian pacific goes through adelaide towards melbourne. Different coloured sleepers on these tracks would make it easier to distinguish on a quick glance. Also a different spacing could also work, take out every second sleeper perhaps on the overlander.

With the territ list down the bottom, you need to be careful that people don't think you only need to hold the territories listed, state that all stations on the line are needed

I really like the new colour scheme. Very outback. Very aussie rail-scenery.

A possible change of kink/direction in the PGA-ADL link, or perhaps some bend, to show that it passes alongside the adelaide station then heads back up to BHL.

Perhaps you could put "termination point" graphics at the start and end of the legend, and then the on the stations? (not sure where they would fit...)

Should the WYA [P] be in the top right like all the rest? could you move the rail line slightly left to go past this? (i figure it's been moved cause it was covering up the rail?) this is a little pedantic, but hey!

Are you going to have an Apple Port in Hobart? How else will they run the Sydney to Hobart yacht race?

Question - to get the mineral-port bonus, do you just have to hold the two territories, or do you have to connect them? Because connecting them would make more sense, as the idea is that you're getting the goods to the port, but there are many, many possible routes in which you could connect them.